Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Pima Medical Institute-Denver

Denver, CO · 9 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$319,906 over 10 years

Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.

At these assumptions, the estimated earnings premium does not recover the modeled economic investment within ten years.

Modeled economic break-even
−119%Modeled 10-year ROI
$39,823Observed earnings · year 5
Economic ROI includes direct price and earnings forgone during study · $45,000 comparison earnings · values held flat · see the formula
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK

Estimated payoff over ten years.

The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.

10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$319,906at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$268,1360
2
4
6
8
−$319,90610
Years after graduationBreak-even: years
FEDERAL COST DATA

Four ways to read college price.

Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.

Published in-state tuitionNot available
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuitionNot available
Sticker price
Average net price$22,034
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$26,476
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

$22,034Average net price / year
$26,476Cost of attendance
$39,823Median earnings · year 5 after completion
72.7%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
664Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

38thEarnings percentile
71thCompletion percentile
WHAT STANDS OUT

A faster read on this college

These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.

$38,531Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$8,509Median federal debt across categories that report debt
67%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$33,913Year 1
$42,937Year 4
$39,823Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

PROGRAM PAYOFF SPREAD

The college average is not the whole story.

Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.

1Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$77,9132Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Associate's Degree$52,1333Ophthalmic and Optometric Support Services and Allied Professions · Associate's Degree$47,3024Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$39,7865Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$38,5316Health and Medical Administrative Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$38,3247Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,8528Dental Support Services and Allied Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,384

Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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Modeled 10-year ROI
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$77,913$30,160
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate's Degree$52,133$27,292
Ophthalmic and Optometric Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$47,302Not available
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$39,786$9,457
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$38,531$8,000
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$38,324$8,708
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,852$3,167
Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$36,384$8,509
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/TechniciansUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$35,997$8,227

Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.